I took some quiet time yesterday to work in my kira-kira journal. It’s nearly full. Then I’ll just need to figure out what to do with the cover.
The page came together with elements from my desk. I only had to go hunt for the vintage slide. As the page was coming together I just had to include a slide. I was lucky enough to find one in my stash that matched so very well.
I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to create in the next week. My clothes dryer broke so Mr. G will be taking it apart today. Since I share my art space with the laundry…my space will be severely limited. Not that I don’t have tons of other things that I could be doing.
Author : halleday
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Inspired by yet another vintage ad…
Hello…I’m back for T stands for Tuesday. Did you miss me?
I took last week off to attend Little J’s all-district track meet. She did awesome! First place in her school for girls 100m run and her relay team finished a good 3 seconds before anyone else in their heat. She was the anchor, so this photo appears that she is running unopposed. What a great way to finish off her elementary school years! The meet brings together all 7 elementary schools in the district at one of the high schools…too bad it wasn’t the one she’ll be attending since that would be cool at that age. 
If you look at the way the adults at the finish line are dressed, you’ll get an idea of the temperature that day. Real feel of 39°F.
Anyway…I named this post gardening edition…so where the heck is the gardening?!?
Here we have my tiny seedlings waiting to be strong enough to live outside. Notice the plastic barrier I had to erect around them…I’m sure you can guess who that is for.
Mr. G and I worked outside most of Sunday prepping the garden.
He built a gate for me this year so I no longer have to climb over the fencing. 
The beans are planted…tomato cages are ready and the flags are blowing in the breeze both for decoration and deer deterrent. 
My deck box garden is also ready for planting…my cherry tomato plants and cucumbers will live here.
And where was Miss Gracie…
Running from door to door begging to come out. Nope. Not going to happen. Not since she chased that squirrel up a tree. Too strong of hunting instincts for that one.
Lots of things on the list today ending with an evening choir concert, so I better get at it!
What are you doing today?
I’ve been at it again. Sewing bits and pieces together. This time I broke out some colored card stock for inspiration.
I added sentiments to this batch. I don’t seem to be running out out scraps any time soon so I’m sure there will be more.
These are my favorites…
I knew it would happen at some point. That I’d fall behind with this project. I am catching up though. 
I completed my April calendar in a timely manner…really, I did.
May I had completely forgotten about until yesterday…so I got it done. It’s now ready to get filled in with all the fun things that I’ve been doing so far this month.
I do believe I have finally fixed the issue with my email subscription form here on the blog. I’ve heard from so many of you that it hasn’t ever worked even though on my end it appeared to work.
Now is when I need your help. If you are one of those people that tried to subscribe by email in the past…please try again and let me know if its working for you. If the subscription was successful and you actually receive notice when I post something new.
Thank you so much for your help and continuing to visit my blog.
<3 Halle
I’ve been drinking WAY to much coffee lately. Not that I make a second pot at home for myself but I’ve been out and about and the coffee seems to be free-flowing. Jitters…shakes…good thing I wasn’t doing any fine motor things because I would have gotten a big old F in any of those.
The bonus to my coffee excess is that it got me thinking about an altered book I started many years ago. Seriously…years…ago….
This is by far my favorite page in this AB so far. The others all seem forced in comparison. I likely shouldn’t compare since I’ve really grown as an artist in the years since I started this project but it’s hard not to self-criticize.
The ad is from an old cookbook I tore apart. I love that it’s a little piece of history.
